£25bn Brexit black hole no excuse to extend austerity, says McDonnell
John McDonnell has told the Tories that extending austerity beyond a 2020 general election would be to repeat…
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Mary Glindon: The soft drinks tax will hit small firms and low income families
When public health spending was transferred from the NHS to local government three years ago it was hailed…
Debbie Abrahams: Politicians must be closer to communities if we are to tackle the scourge of inequality
The month after the most important election in our lifetime, whether to remain or leave the European Union, we…
McDonnell seizes on IFS report to warn Brexit would spell “disaster” of more austerity
A vote to leave the EU would be a “disaster”, John McDonnell has said today as the independent…
Steve Reed: Osborne’s cynical Budget delivered back-door local government cuts
When it comes to local government, the Government says one thing but does another. They talk localist and…
More austerity, lower wages and why we should “all be worried” – IFS’ brutal verdict on Osborne’s Budget
British people face a longer period of lower wages and reduced living standards as spending cuts continue beyond 2020,…
We must oppose the inheritance tax cut, says Kendall
Labour must come out against the cuts to inheritance tax (IHT) outlined by George Osborne in last week’s…
SNP planning bigger spending cuts than Labour – and a cut to Scotland’s block grant, says IFS
There’s some damning stuff for the SNP in the IFS reports on the various party manifestos. The faux-anti-austerity…
IFS says SNP manifesto would cost Scotland nearly £10 billion
Labour have been hammering the SNP in recent weeks over their plans for “full fiscal autonomy” – which…
IFS chief warns of “enormous” scale of Tory cuts, with “almost no sense at all of how they’re going to do it”
Yesterday the Tories were more than happy to draw attention to IFS analysis of Labour’s manifesto from Paul…
